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East Central German
Noun
Dreh
- (Erzgebirgisch) area
- (Erzgebirgisch) time
Im daare Dreh rim.- Around that time.
Further reading
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German
Etymology
Deverbal from drehen, after Low German Dreih m (compare Dutch draai). Chiefly since the 19th century, earlier attestations are isolated. Widely displaced the earlier feminine Drehe. The sense “trick” is from Rotwelsch (thieves’ cant).
Pronunciation
Noun
Dreh m (strong, genitive Drehs or Drehes, plural Drehs or Drehe)
- nomen vicis of drehen: a turn, spin, twist, a single rotation
- Synonym: Drehung (nomen actionis, thus also collectively for several rotations)
- (film) shooting, filming
- (informal) knack, trick
Declension
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Further reading
- “Dreh” in Duden online
- “Dreh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache